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Initi8 Recruitment lists this Ambitious Founding iOS Engineer — Start Up NYC opportunity in new york city (brooklyn), New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
AMBITIOUS FOUNDING iOS ENGINEER — Start Up NYC
Some products you build. Some you help scale into something huge. Every so often, you get in early enough to do both — and this is one of those.
We're after an ambitious iOS engineer who wants real ownership from day one — not \"join a team and pick up tickets.\" This is get in early at one of NYC's fastest-growing start-ups and help build the product from the ground up, at a company still early enough that your decisions actually stick. Massive user volume already. Real backing. The kind of growth curve that gets talked about in years to come.
If you're hungry, sharp, and want to be the person who figures out what to build before anyone has to tell you — keep reading.
The Role
Their iOS app is at the center of the creator experience. You'll be one of the core engineers responsible for building and scaling it.
This isn't a maintenance role. You'll work directly with the founders, product, design, and backend engineers to turn ideas into polished product experiences, with significant influence over mobile architecture, technical direction, and user experience. You'll own features from idea → iteration.
Key Responsbilities
Build and ship high-quality iOS features using Swift
Help define and evolve the company's iOS architecture
Build interfaces and interactions that feel fast, polished, and native
Debug production issues and improve app reliability and performance
Help establish engineering practices and standards as the mobile team grows
About You
You're not just here for a paycheck — you're looking for \"the thing.\" Maybe you've interned at a few startups, built side projects late at night, shipped your own apps, or thrown yourself into hackathons because you couldn't help it. You want a flat team where people just get on with it — no layers, no waiting for permission. You're curious by default, move quickly, and would rather solve the problem than wait to be assigned it.
What We're Looking For
Solid professional iOS development experience using MVVM or similar architectural patterns
You've built and scaled iOS apps from 0 to 1
Strong proficiency in Swift or Objective-C
Experience working with REST APIs and asynchronous data
Comfortable working in a fast-moving start-up environment
Strong attention to detail
Ability to take an ambiguous problem and turn it into a shipped product
High ownership — you don't need someone telling you exactly what to build every day
Nice to Have
Experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup
Experience with payments, messaging, or creator products
Why This Is Different
This is a red-hot platform in a niche that's exploding — connecting people with commercial opportunities through authentic content. Already handling massive volume across millions of creators and thousands of brands,. Freshly and heavily backed and scaling at a pace that's hard to find anywhere else.
You're not employee #3,000 buried in Slack. You're one of the founding engineers, with the influence that comes with it. Your code ships, your ideas matter, and the line from your work to the company's growth is direct. That's rare this early in a career.
The team is small, sharp, and moves with intent — everyone in the office, every day, shipping.
The Money Talk
$160-225,00 base, plus bonus + equity. Total comp $300-350,000
The Vibe
Financial District, Manhattan. In-person, 5 days a week — the whole team's there, shipping together.
So — You In?
If you're an ambitious iOS engineer who wants real ownership and to stop waiting for permission — this is your moment. One of NYC's fastest-growing start-ups is hiring right now, and this timing won't repeat.
Send your resume — link's below. Questions? Hit up Initi8 HQ.
Who can apply
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